[Jeff Kirkland]

The bad news it could be any number of things from a bad library to corrupt preferences to a slow hard drive.

Which version of FCPX? Are other libraries working ok? Have you tried opening a backup of the library? Any GPU intensive plugins applied?

In my experience, a beach ball right on load is either a hard drive issue, a plugin issue, or a cache issue – but there are literally a hundred reasons it could be happening so I’ve got more questions than answers, sorry.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

I spent three months earlier this year doing almost nothing but editing green screen interviews and I was going to say make a compound clip, which has never failed me when it comes to transitions. Combining them into a compound clip is really the only way to apply a transition to both the foreground and background of the key.

So you’re saying the background just disappears while the transition is happening? That seems very weird. Is this with or without everything being background rendered? Just wondering if the background is dropping out because the computer is struggling to play back all the streams and apply the transition in real time.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

4k in any resolution timeline isn’t an issue for FCPX. The same is also true for 24p footage in a 30p timeline. Final Cut will pad put the 24p footage to play correctly.

However, if you’re editing for broadcast, I have had networks reject material because they didn’t like the way FCPX handled the frame rate conversion – nothing wrong with it visually, it just didn’t pass their technical scrutiny. As a result, for broadcast I usually use something like the free JES Deinterlacer to do the frame rate conversion outside of FCPX before import.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

Thank you for the update. I don’t use this often but when you need it, it’s a life saver.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

I have a friend who makes ISO files in FCPX and burns them on a PC so it should work.

In no particular order…

First thought would be to buy a burner for the Mac and burn it from there as they’re cheap enough. Any USB burner will do.

Second thought is stop using free burning programs and buy a commercial one for the PC. Can’t recommend one because I haven’t touched a Windows machine in decades.

Third thought would be to stop burning DVD+R discs. They’re not the same as DVD-R and some players have trouble reading them.

Fourth thought would be to try a different burner. As they get older, laser alignment issues can lead burners to create discs that can be played back on the drive that created them but not on anything else.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

It’s just you. Optical flow is working as expected on the three macs in my office.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

I could be wrong but I thought rate conform only worked where the FPS of the clip was greater than that of the timeline. I wouldn’t expect any option for 24p in a 30p timeline.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

Is your FCPX media in a location the Resolve media pool can access – as defined on the left hand side of the import pane? I’m not a big Resolve user so I can’t remember what it’s called, but you have to define the specific locations that Resolve can search for media.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

I’m not sure you can. That’s how FCPX handles file names if you choose to let it manage your media. If this is an upgrade from a really old version of FCPX (pre 10.2), updating libraries was a bit hit and miss as far as connecting media goes.

If it’s purely a naming issue, my thought would be to pull the correctly named original media out of the pre-upgrade library and have FCPX reconnect to those in whatever folder you put them in. After they’re connected you can consolidate them back into the main library if you want.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

You generally calibrate your light meter to the both camera and the profile you are using. If you change profiles, recalibrate.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland